Evolution of the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport Administration, 2006 to the Present and Future

In the fast developing economies of the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates and its capital, Abu Dhabi, stand out in terms of the rapid pace of societal development. Abu Dhabi’s governance arrangements have had to continuously evolve to balance facilitating, controlling and leading, the provision of, the operation of and user behaviour on transportation networks. In 2006 in an acknowledgement of the increasing complexity of transportation governance in the Emirate, the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport (DOT) was formed. This paper seeks to highlight the key organisational challenges, opportunities and achievements of the organisation. This encompasses both its relationships with organisations and the growing maturity with which governance arrangements are being developed in partnership with its target audience. One remarkable part of this of this journey which provides significant focus for this paper is that of the developing maturity of the policy responsibilities of the Department. From its inception, principally as delivery agent for road infrastructure plans, a task it has accomplished with notable success, to the still emerging role of key government agency for regulation standards and guidance for surface transportation. The journey continues to have significant impacts on the Department which is currently undergoing a comprehensive refocusing on its core role, that of setting transportation governance standards and planning through to preliminary design the strategic road networks and their interaction with other transportation modes and the built environment. The paper will offer both a reflection of the past, an analysis of the present and a look forward into the developing options for the future.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the World Road Association – PIARC.
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  World Road Association (PIARC)

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• Authors:
  • James, Jonathan
  • Abdulla, Mona
• Conference:
  • 25th World Road Congress
  • Location: Seoul , Korea, South
  • Date: 2015-11-3 to 2015-11-7
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 16p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 25th World Road Congress - Seoul 2015: Roads and Mobility - Creating New Value from Transport

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Governance; Highway transportation; Organizational effectiveness; Organizational factors; Transportation departments
• Identifier Terms: Abu Dhabi Department of Transport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Abu Zaby (United Arab Emirates)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01667948
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9782840604235
• Report/Paper Numbers: 0666
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 2018 12:06PM